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vampire bat

(Encyclopedia) vampire bat, name for the blood-drinking bats of the family Desmodontidae, found in the New World tropics. Vampire bats feed exclusively on the blood of living animals and are thus the…

Bat Yam

(Encyclopedia) Bat Yam Bat Yam bät yäm [key], city, W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea, near Tel Aviv. It…

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Etiquette

The Question: Where may I find Bar Mitzvah etiquette? The Answer: While practices vary among communities and denominations, Judaism 101 provides a helpful…

Bat and Owl: Night Hearing

Find information and a video about the nocturnal predator bat, its use of echolocation to find prey and ultrasound songs to attract a mate.

Fruit Bat: Sense of Taste

Find information and a video about a flying mammal, the fruit bat or flying fox, including how they use their large eyes and keen smell to find their food.

Sonny Boy Williamson

(John Lee Williamson)blues singer, harmonica playerBorn: 3/30/1914Birthplace: Jackson, Tennessee One of the founding members of the post-War Chicago blues scene, Sonny Boy Williamson did more to…

Growing Pains of the Chosen Boy Wizard

Harry Potter Grows Up by Dana Quigley More on Harry Potter Take the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Movie Quiz Take the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood…

serotine

(Encyclopedia) serotine: see bat.